Georg Dobler
Pair of Earrings

Pair of Earrings

© Georg Dobler

Pair of Earrings
Pair of Earrings
ArtistGerman, born 1952
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Pair of Earrings
Datec. 1999
PlaceGermany
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall (.A): 2 × 1 1/4 × 1 in. (5.1 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm)
Overall (.B): 2 1/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (5.3 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Object number2005.2133.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; given to Helen Williams Drutt English, c. 1999; given to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Brooching It Diplomatically: A Tribute to Madeline K. Albright," Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, September 10–September 26, 1998; Museum Het Kruithuis 's–Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, October 10–November 15, 1998; Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, December 3, 1998–February 7, 1999; Tarbekunstimuuseum Tallinn, Estonia, February 27–April 4, 1999; Museum of Contemporary Art, Oostende, Belgium, April–May, 1999; American Craft Museum, New York, June 3–August 8, 1999; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, September 3, 1999–November 7, 1999; Philadelphia International Airport, December 23, 1999–April 30, 2000; Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy, June 4–July 30, 2000; Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, August 26–November 26, 2000; Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany, December 9, 2000–February 11, 2001.

"Schmuck 2000," International Handwerksmesse, Munich, March, 2000.

Galerie Spektrum, Munich, 2000.

"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.

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